JUST NORTH OF CROTON HARMON — Mark Barie, leader of the Upstate New York Tea Party, congratulated Rep. Bill Owens, D-Plattsburgh, on re-election, said he was “one of the lucky ones” and attributed his …

David Wasserman, the House editor at the Cook Political Report (who I met almost a year ago today) has downgraded two incumbent Democrats’ ratings: Rep. Bill Owens, D-Plattsburgh and Rep. Dan Maffei, …

Doug Hoffman, the almost-Conservative darling who almost won the first Tea Party-fueled victory in 2009 over Bill Owens, is ending his longer-shot congressional bid. Hoffman lost a GOP primary to Matt …